Suspect behind bars for Nov. 6 homicide

2:28 PM,
Mar. 5, 2013

Written by

Eric Heisig
eheisig@pnj.com

A Cantonment man, arrested today, is charged with shooting a 22-year-old woman in the head during a home invasion on Nov. 6.

Robert Purifoy, 32, gunned down Amber Johnson during an exchange of gunfire between him and Johnson's boyfriend, Justin Stanley, at Stanley's home on Stefani Circle, according to the Escambia County Sheriff's Office.

Purifoy, who was charged with murder eight years ago but acquitted, was hit in the chest by a bullet but left the house before law enforcement arrived. ...